Photo of the Day Ten thousand years ago, before the dawn of recorded human history, a new light would suddenly have appeared in the night sky and faded after a few weeks. Today we know this light was from a supernova, or exploding star, and record the expanding debris cloud as the Veil Nebula, [...]
SWE is proud to award over 330 scholarships totaling more than $1.5 million to undergraduate and graduate engineering students for the 2025–2026 academic year. Source
See the complete list of the 2025 Society of Women Engineers recognition recipients who are shaping engineering and advocating for women in STEM. Source
Read about the inspirational conference hosted by the SWE Dresden Affiliate and their ongoing commitment to inclusivity in engineering. Source
Photo of the Day It may look like these comets are racing, but they are not. Comets C/2025 K1 ATLAS (left) and C/2025 R2 SWAN (right) appeared near each other by chance last week in the featured image taken from France's Reunion Island in the southern Indian Ocean. Fainter Comet ATLAS is approaching our [...]
The SWE Annual Conference & Career Fair is a place where women, nonbinary individuals, and men as allies of all backgrounds can support the overall persistence and success for the engineering and technology profession of those underrepresented in the field. Those who think otherwise should reconsider attending. Source
The chemical industry thrives on innovation, but it won’t reach its full potential until women are equally represented and empowered. Akanksha Prasad discusses the progress made so far and the continued action needed in the chemical field. Source
Photo of the Day On the morning of September 24 a rocket crosses the bright solar disk in this long range telescopic snapshot captured from Orlando, Florida. That's about 50 miles north of its Kennedy Space Center launch site. This rocket carried three new space weather missions to space. Signals have now been successfully [...]
As part of their affinity group's spotlight month, the Latinos AG celebrates five recent Latina SWE award winners. Source
Photo of the Day A new visitor to the inner Solar System, comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) sports a long ion tail extending diagonally across this almost 7 degree wide telescopic field of view recorded on September 21. A fainter fellow comet also making its inner Solar System debut, C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), can be spotted [...]
